I'm transitioning into tech after 20 years of service in the U.S. Army and NYPD,
where I developed strong leadership and problem-solving skills. Now, I apply that
discipline to infrastructure automation, cloud security, and scalable DevOps systems.
🎓 Currently: B.S. in Computer Security Technology (GPA: 3.95) at Farmingdale State College
📜 Certified: CompTIA Security+, Google Associate Cloud Engineer
🧰 Skills:
Linux server hardening • Fail2Ban • Docker • Ansible • Traefik
CI/CD with GitHub Actions • AWS & GCP IAM • Prometheus • Grafana • Wazuh
Active Directory • Dynamic DNS • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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🎬 Python Web App for Radarr + Plex Movie Requests Built a Flask web app that accepts movie title input and stores it in a MySQL database. Backend scripts forward the request to Radarr via its API, which downloads the movie and makes it instantly available in Plex. Tech: Python (Flask), MySQL, Radarr API, Plex, Docker Outcome: A private, automated movie request system with seamless integration into the home media server experience. |
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🔐 SSH Hardening with Fail2Ban & Custom Reporting Secured SSH access using hardened sshd_config and key-only login. Integrated Fail2Ban with a Bash script to extract banned IPs, map locations with GeoIP, and email daily reports. Tech: Fail2Ban, OpenSSH, Bash, geoiplookup, Cron, Mutt Outcome: Proactive alerting and hardened access against brute-force attacks. |
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🛰️ Self-Hosted DevOps Infrastructure Stack Built a secure monitoring and reverse proxy setup with Docker Compose on Ubuntu. Enabled full observability, automatic TLS, and DNS filtering. Tech: Docker, Traefik, Prometheus, Grafana, Netdata, Pi-hole, Cloudflare DNS Outcome: Production-grade, publicly accessible infrastructure with auto-renewing Let's Encrypt certs. |
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⚙️ Proxmox VM Cluster with Ansible Automation Deployed a virtualized server cluster using Proxmox VE on Minisforum MS-01. Used Ansible to automate updates and configuration across all nodes. Tech: Proxmox VE, Ansible, Ubuntu Server Outcome: Centralized, hands-off server management with consistent deployments. |
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🚀 CI/CD Pipeline for Python App Deployment Automated Docker build/push and deployment of a Python app using GitHub Actions. Pushes to Docker Hub and deploys to a remote server over SSH. Tech: GitHub Actions, Docker, Ubuntu Server, SSH Outcome: Continuous delivery from code commit to live environment. |
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📡 Cloudflare DDNS with Shell Script Automation Wrote a Bash script that checks the public IP every 5 minutes and updates a Cloudflare DNS A record using their API. Tech: Bash, Cloudflare API, Cron Outcome: Maintains remote access without third-party DDNS services. |
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🌐 Public-Facing Website for HA Electric Inc. Deployed a secure, production-ready website to an AWS EC2 instance using Docker and NGINX. Configured Cloudflare DNS, dynamic TLS with Let's Encrypt, and firewall rules with UFW. Tech: AWS EC2, Docker, NGINX, Cloudflare DNS, Certbot, UFW Outcome: A fast, secure, mobile-friendly site with automatic HTTPS at haelectricinc.com. |
I'm passionate about building secure, reliable systems — always learning, always building.
🔗 michaelcozier.com | 💬 Let's connect!
- 👨💻 All of my projects are available at https://github.com/mikecozier
- 💬 Ask me about DevOps & Cloud DevOps
- 📫 How to reach me [email protected]
